Welcome to 2020 and a brand new decade! Today on Cultivating the Lovely, MacKenzie Koppa sits down with her good friend Chelle Bruzas to talk all things goal setting and New Year’s! They approach things from a different perspective, so this is a great conversation to listen in on as you start off your year! 

• How Chelle and MacKenzie approach goal setting and planning differently
  • Chelle tends toward spontaneity and focussing on people over plans
  • How Chelle thinks of Jesus carrying her through her days amidst chronic illness and exhaustion
  • MacKenzie has to approach her days with more structure and planning to provide for her family
  • She feels more fulfilled and energetic when she is working toward her goals with purpose
• Assessing where you are before you start setting new goals
• Why Chelle uses notebooks instead of a specially designed planner
• Looking at smaller time periods for planning instead of really long-range goals
• Changing habits to aim more at the type of personal you want to become
• MacKenzie gives some examples of her specific health goals and action steps to reach them
• Removing the obstacles to starting and keeping up with habits
• Keeping your habits and plans in front of you so that you don’t forget them
• Having someone to keep you accountable and cheer you on
• Replacing a habit you want to quit with a better alternative
• Chelle’s outdoor walking habit and the difference it has made for her
• Embracing our differences and helping each other through our strengths
• Chelle and MacKenzie share their Word of the Year for 2020

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Resources Mentioned-

Books:

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Podcasts:

Amy Porterfield podcast episode #295 with James Clear

Find Chelle-

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• Melissa shares a little of her own journey of seeking God's heart in the area of food
• How Melissa came to realize God's use of food to draw her and others closer to Himself
• Learning to see the significance of food as a picture in God's kingdom story
• Getting in touch with the creative nature of God through exercising our own creativity
• How Melissa stayed sane during the Food Network Star filming and competition

• Cultivating an attitude of faith amidst the unexpected in our every day
• Learning the lesson of patience from food and taking it into our lives
• Melissa's experience in France and how that shifted her perspective on food
• Getting back in touch with the gift that food is by growing something yourself
• Melissa's mindset in using her own competitive advantage on Food Network
• The benefits of training in improvisation
• A typical day in Melissa's life

Current Lovelies-

Melissa: making her drive time more lovely by connecting with her daughter and listening to podcasts

MacKenzie: decorating her car interior for fall to make her drive time a little more fun

Resources Mentioned-

Books:

Tasting Grace

Podcasts:

For the Love with Jen Hatmaker

Lewis Howes

Goal Digger with Jenna Kutcher

Rise Together with Rachel Hollis

The Tim Ferriss Show

Movies:

Greatest Showman

Hidden Figures

Find Melissa-

You can find Melissa on her website, melissadarabian.net. You can also follow her on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterestand Twitter.

Find MacKenzie-

You can find MacKenzie Koppa on Instagram, Facebook, and the CTL Facebook Group, of course! You can also listen to her family-friendly podcast The Same Page!

Today on Cultivating the Lovely, MacKenzie Koppa brings back her popular Season 4 guest, Jennifer L. Scott. Jennifer has a new book for families, Connoisseur Kids: Etiquette, Manners, and Living Well for Parents and Their Little Ones, which is the main topic of this week’s episode. MacKenzie and Jennifer talk about why and how to instill confidence, care and capability into our children so that they become the kind of adults we all want to be around.

• MacKenzie asks Jennifer about her new exercise routine with a Rebounder trampoline
• Some of the reasons Jennifer wrote Connoisseur Kids and why she feels it is so needed
• A sneak peek into the subjects and format of the book
• Instilling confidence in our children through teaching them how to interact with new people
• The high value of teaching our children how to do chores and contribute to the family
• Phrasing your requests for kids to help in a positive, motivating way
• Jennifer’s desire to bring back some selflessness, good sportsmanship and civility to our culture
• Helping our children build good hygiene habits while they are young
• Motivating kids to choose healthy foods by involving them in the process
• Playing games and activities to get kids moving and build good attitudes about exercise
• Teaching children to keep routines and to do those things with a happy heart
• Taking care of what we have so that we are good stewards of our belongings

Current Lovelies-

Jennifer: enjoying reading aloud to her children and the special time they share around stories

Resources Mentioned-

Books:

Connoisseur Kids

Little House on the Prairie

The Indian in the Cupboard

Find Jennifer-

You can find Jennifer on her website, JenniferLScott.com, or on her blog, The Daily Connoisseur. You can also follow her on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

Find MacKenzie-

You can find MacKenzie Koppa on Instagram, Facebook, and the CTL Facebook Group, of course! You can also listen to her family-friendly podcast The Same Page!

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